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The Amazon princess’ short-run as a newspaper strip heroine gets a sharp hardcover collection.
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Interview: Jake Myler, Co-creator of the Graphic Novel ‘Orphan Blade’
Oni has published a unique graphic novel in 'Orphan Blade' whose unique elements argue for adopting it on your bookshelf.
Read More »Comics Collection Review: ‘The Worst of Eerie Publications,’ A Horror Comics Anthology Edited by Mike Howlett
The notoriously cheesy sixties era horror mags get anthologized for a new audience.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Phantoms of the Louvre’ by Enki Bilal
A specter (or two or three or more) is haunting the Louvre.
Read More »Attempting to Define ‘Art’
The unoriginal is specifically excluded.
Read More »Book Review: ‘New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics’ edited by Joseph F. Berenato
An excellent collection of essays analyzing how the TV show was adapted into four-color panels and word balloons.
Read More »Interview: Monte Beauchamp on His Collection ‘Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World’
Rather than just tell short biographies of the 16 cartoonists featured, this impressive and fascinating book has other cartoonists draw the images accompanying the biographies in each cartoonist's unique style. So, for example, the biography of R. Crumb looks like something Crumb would have drawn.
Read More »The Gencon Files: Interview with Jim Butcher, Author of ‘The Dresden Files’
Jim Butcher talks comics, RPGs, and the next Dresden Files book, 'Peace Talks.'
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Initiates’ by Etienne Davodeau
A striking graphic non-fiction in which “A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs.”
Read More »Comic-Con 2014 Report: Friday
The plan for the day was much more esoteric.
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